Dato' Dr. Venugopal Balchand is a distinguished Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, renowned for his extensive experience in complex cardiac procedures. He was a key member of the surgical team that performed the second heart operation on Malaysia's former Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir, in 2007. With over 5,000 open-heart procedures to his name, Dr. Balchand excels in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), aortic and mitral valve surgery, lung surgery, REDO heart surgery, and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS). He is a professional member of the National Heart Association of Malaysia and a frequent lecturer at medical conferences.